Folding package-box.



A. W. BEERS.

FOLDING PACKAGE BOX.

APPII.I CATION FILED IUNE 19, 1918.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

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FOLDING PACKAGE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

Application filed June 19, 1918. Serial No, 240.720.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER W. Burns, acitizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county ofBronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inFolding Package-Boxes, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to'which itappertains to make and use the same.

i This invention relates to what are known as folding or knockdownpackage boxes of the class used by tailors and others in packing orshipping clothes or other articles, one of which is shown, and describedin U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,032,645 granted to me July 16, 1912, andthe object of this invention is to provide a box of the class specified,composed of top and bottom parts which are exactly the same in form andconstruction,.except that the top part is slightly larger than thebottom part to permit of the bottom part being inserted therein, or thetop part being passed down over the bottom part, which parts are alsoadapted to be folded compactly together and which are similar in formwhen so folded and approximately of the same dimensions; a still furtherobject being to provide a box of the class specified which is strongerand more durable than other boxes of its class, and which is composedentirely of fibrous material and which has no metallic fastening orsecuring, devices of any kind or class; and with these and other objectsin view the invention consists in a box of the class specified,constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank formused in the construction of my improved box, or the separate partsthereof, the said form or blank being used for making each part of thebox, or the top and bottom thereof.

Fig. 2 a similar view but showing only one corner portion of the blankand showing said corner portion on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 a View showing one corner portion of one part of the box insectlon and indi cating the method of folding the separate parts of theblank to form a part of the Fig. 4 a View similar to Fig. 3 but showingsaid parts completely folded;

Fig. 5 a perspective View of the bottom part of the box complete;

7 Fig. 6 a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5 and on an enlarged scale;and,

Fig. 7 a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5 but showing the complete box,or the top and bottom parts connected.

As hereinbefore stated each part of my improved box, or the top andbottom members thereof is made from blanks of the same form, one ofwhich is shown at a in Fig. 1, and this blank is stamped or out fromcardboard or similar material used in making boxes of this class, andsaid blank is oblong and rectangular in form and comprises a centralbody member a two parallel side members 6 and two parallel end members0, and the body a and side members b are separated by score or foldinglines 03, while the body and end members 0 are separated by score orfolding lines 6, and these lines cross each other at f and form cornerand lock members 9 which are integrally connected with the end members 0but are separated from the side members Z) by slots h which extend fromthe outer edges of the side members 6 to the folding lines (Z, and asthus constructed the corner members 9 are free to fold on the endmembers 0 but are independent of the side members Z), and the outercorners of the corner members 9 are cut out to form V-shaped recesses 9the inner walls of which are preferably beveled inwardly or inclined asshown at 9 The corner members 9 are also provided adjacent to the scoreor folding lines 01 with short slots 2' which are parallel with saidscore or folding lines (Z and communicate with the slots h, and formedin the end portions of the side members 6 adjacent to the corner members9 are slots 7' which range diagonally of said end portions and at anangle of 45, or approximately so, to the inner corners of the corner andlock members g, and in this connection attention is also called to thefact that the transverse dimensions of said corner and lock members inboth directions are the same as the transverse dimensions of the sidemembers 6 and end members 0.

It will be understood that in folding a blank such as that shown anddescribed to form the separate parts of my improved box, or the top andbottom thereof, the central body portion a of the blank forms the bottomor body portions of said parts and the side members 6 and the ends a ofthe blank form the side and end walls of said wardly and inwardly, andin this last'operation the parts 9 of thecorner members 9 are passedinwardly through the slots j, as clearly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4.

When this operation is fully completed as shown in Fig. L, the edges 9of the parts 9 rest on the bottom'or body a of the box member or part,while the recesses g in the corner members 9 fit in the outer ends ofthe slots 9' in the parts I), and the inner walls 7' of the slots j fitin'the slots 2' in the corner members g,-and it will be observed thatthe distance between the points 72 and as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, or thedimensions of the corner members 9 along this line is less than thelength of the slots j, and this permits of the free passage of the parts9 of the corner members 9 through said slots andalso of a slightmovement of the parts 9 necessary in theoperation of disconnectingtheparts and knocking down the separate parts of the box members in theoperation of folding-and packing the same.

ThecOrner members 9 must be rectangular in form, or approximately so,and particularly the corner portions 9 of the parts 9 thereof, or thecorners g at 00' in Figs. 2, 3 and t so that the edges 9 of said parts9*, and particularly the corners g at a; will bear on the body or bottomportion of the box member-or members as shown in Fig. 4c. in order tosecure the proper operation of the lock members g* and prevent thetilting thereof and to secure a positive lock action between the pointsis and m in Fig. 4 and between the points 70 and 0a.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the successful useof the blank a informing a'box or box member depends on the form anddimensions of the corner and lock members '9 compared with thetransverse dimensions of the side and end portions, and the slots 2' andrecesses g in said corner and lock members and the slots j in the sideportions, and the relative position ofsaid slot and recesses all ofwhich must be maintained as shown and described, in forming said blank.

It will also be seen that the corner members g of the blank not onlyform locks for holding the parts of the blank in proper form for use asa box member or members but said corner members also reinforce the endsof the side portions of the box by reason of the fact that the widththereof is equal to the widthio fvsaid side members, and make said sidemembers more strong and durable than in other boxes of this class andprevent the bending, or mashing or compression thereof in ordinary use.

In Fig. 7 of the accompanying drawing, the bottom part of the completebox is shown at a and the top partiat a andsaid top part covers andincloses the bottom part,-all that is necessary being to pass the toppart down over the bottom part as in other boxes of this class, it beingunderstood that, as hereinbefore stated, there is no difference in theconstruction of said parts, except in their transverse and longitudinaldimensions, the top part being necessarily slightly larger than thebottom part; and while I have shown and described the corner members '9as formed on the end portions 0 and the slots j as formed in the sideportions 6, it will be understood that this arrangement may be reversed,if desired, and the said corner members may be formed on the sideportions 6 and the slots j in the end portions 0; and while I have alsoshown vand described the details of the construction which I prefer informing the blank or blanks from which the separate parts of my improvedbox are made, my invention is not limited to such exact details, andchanges therein and modifications thereof may be made, within the scopeof the appended claims, and it will also be observed that the dimensionsof the box, or the separate parts thereof, depends entirely on the sizeor dimensions of' the blank from which the box, or the separate partsthereof are made.

Having fully described my invention, what I claimas new-and desire tosecureby Letters Patent, is V V 1. The herein described box or boxmember composed of a blank comprising a rectangular bodyportion, foldingside portions. and folding end portions, saidside and end portions beingof the same transverse dimensions, and the end portions being providedat their ends with folded corner and lock members, thetransversedimensions of which in bothdirections are the same-asthetransversedimensions of the side and "end por tions, said side portions being alsoprovided adjacent to their ends with diagonal slots which range-at anangle to the inner corners of the corner and lock members, and saidcorner and lock members being provided in their outer'corners withrecesses and adjacent to their inner corners with slots which open inthe direction-of the side portions.

2. A blank for forming folding boxes or box members, comprising arectangular body portion, folding side portions and folding endportions, said side and end portions being of the same transversedimensions, and

the end portions being provided at their ends with folding corner andlock members, the transverse dimensions of which in both directions arethe same as the transverse dimensions of the side and end portions, saidside portions being also provided adjacent to their ends with diagonalslots which range at an angle to the inner corners of the corner andlock members, and said corner and lock members being provided withrectangular parts which are adapted to pass through said slots and intheir outer corners with recesses and adjacent to their inner cornerswith slots which open in the direction of the ends of the side portions.

3. A box member or members composed of a blank comprising a rectangularbody portion having folding side and folding end portions of the sametransverse dimensions, said end portions being provided at their endswith folding corner and lock members which are rectangular in form andthe transverse dimensions of which in both directions are the same asthe transverse dimensions of the side and end portions, said sideportions being also provided adjacent to their ends with diagonal slotswhich range at an angle to the inner corners of the corner and lockmembers, said corner and lock members being provided with rectangularparts which are adapted to be passed through said slots and to bear onthe bottom or body portion of the box member or members, and said cornerand lock members bein; also provided at their outer corners withrecesses and adjacent to their inner corners with slots which open inthe direction of the side portions and which operate in connection withthe slots in the end portions of the side members.

4. A blank for forming folding box members, said blank comprising arectangular body portion having folding side and end portions and theend portions being provided at their ends with rectangular foldingcorner and lock members, one corner portion of each of which is cut outto form a tongue the transverse dimensions of which is less than thetransverse dimensions of said lock members, the end parts of the sidemembers being provided with diagonal slots which range at an angle tothe corners of the corner and lock members, and said corner and lockmembers, or the tongues thereof being adapted to be passed inwardly ofthe side portions through said slots to form a look by the engagement ofthe cut-out portion of the lock members with the outer ends of the slotand the bearing of the bottom portions of said members on the bottom orody portion of the blank.

5. A box member or members composed of a blank having folding side andend portions, the ends of one of which are provided with folding cornerand lock members and the ends of the other of which are provided withdiagonally arranged slots, said corner and lock members being .providedat the bottom and adjacent to the attached end thereof with verticalslots, one of the free corner portions of each of said lock membersbeing out out to form rectangular tongue portions on said membersbetween the cut-out portions thereof and said vertical slots, saidtongue portions being adapted to be passed inwardly through saiddiagonal slots to form a lock member between said cut-out portions andthe body portion for securing the side and end portions together to forma box member.

6. A box member of the class described composed of a blank havinofoldingside and end portions, the ends of one of which are provided withfolding corner and lock members and the ends of the other of which areprovided with slots, said corner and lock members being providedadjacent to the attached ends thereof with recesses, and one of the freecorner portions of each of said lock members being cut-out to formtongue portions on said members between the cutout portions thereof andsaid recesses, said tongue portions being adapted to be passed throughsaid slots to form a lock between said cut-out portions and the bodyportion of the box member for securing the side and end portions of thebox member together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 15th day of June1918.

ALEXANDER W. BEERS.

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